A 4586 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes "Minority and Women-Owned Businesses State Contractor Remedies Act."

This bill establishes the "Minority and Women-Owned Businesses State Contractor Remedies Act" requiring New Jersey State agencies to set specific contract utilization goals for minority and women-owned businesses based on a 2024 disparity study. It sets detailed percentages for contracts across different categories, including 24.26% of construction contracts for women-owned businesses and 10.14% for Hispanic American-owned businesses. State agencies must develop annual plans to achieve these goals and make a "good faith effort" to meet them, with remedial actions required if they fail to do so. Prime contractors are also required to make good faith efforts to meet subcontractor goals for minority and women-owned businesses. The bill amends previous set-aside laws by removing goals for minority and women-owned businesses and shifting oversight to the Department of the Treasury's Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
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Governor
Introduced Jun 17, 2024 Last action May 5, 2025
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May 5, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
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May 5, 2025
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
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Sep 23, 2024
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
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Sep 23, 2024
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
lower
Jun 17, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
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3 primary · 7 co-sponsors

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